Los Angeles, California
‘Urban Light’
Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.
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Los Angeles, California
Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.
Los Angeles, California
Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.
Los Angeles, California
Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."
Los Angeles, California
This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House on Haunted Hill" to a robot hunter's pad.
Los Angeles, California
A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.
Los Angeles, California
America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.
Los Angeles, California
The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.
Los Angeles, California
During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.
Los Angeles, California
Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.
Los Angeles, California
Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.
Los Angeles, California
Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.
Los Angeles, California
Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.
Los Angeles, California
Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.
Los Angeles, California
One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.
Los Angeles, California
The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.
Los Angeles, California
World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.
Bronx, New York
Final resting place of Typhoid Mary.
Brooklyn, New York
The factory for the popular Dumbo location, the Greenpoint shop is a quiet gem.
New York, New York
This curved Manhattan building was built to house the opulence of John D. Rockefeller's oil empire.
New York, New York
Once the tallest building in the world and the site of “the highest dinner ever held in New York” this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.
New York, New York
More gold than anywhere else, ever.
New York, New York
This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.
New York, New York
This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.
New York, New York
Hiroshima survivor on Riverside Drive.